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A strong stench accompanied by the sound wafted over.

"Alya, fire arrows!"

With Rod's command, Alya instantly understood.

She immediately pulled out another fire arrow, ignited it on the torch, and shot it towards the source of the sound.

The fire arrow drew an arc in the darkness, the orange-red glow instantly illuminating the river's surface.

A colossal claw slowly floated up on the water, its greenish-blue shell reflecting the firelight.

"Holy crap!"

Gang Le exclaimed, "Is this... a crab?"

"That's a giant crab!"

Rod's voice dropped as the arrow plunged into the river and extinguished.

Yet, fierce splashes and the sound of rolling stones could be heard, eerily echoing in the dark.

"Retreat back into the cave!"

Rod immediately gave the order, leading his team to retreat backward.

No one really saw how big the giant crab was in the dark river, what it looked like, or how many there were. We absolutely cannot advance recklessly.

Everyone quickly retreated over three hundred meters into the cave, with Vika at the forefront, cautiously observing everything ahead.

The giant crab did not pursue them.

"Looks like the Burrow Spider Demon moved up later."

Rod gazed ahead, conjecturing, "They were likely driven up by the giant crab."

"That's terrifying!"

Gang Le swallowed hard, "Just the claw is about the size of Vika!"

Rod nodded, acknowledging Gang Le's comparison, and added, "Yeah, initially it seemed at least four to five meters wide."

"Fortunately, that giant crab shouldn't be able to get in."

Gang Le let out a breath of relief, "The cave is at most four meters wide."

"But proportionally, its front and back are only two meters!"

Rod looked at Gang Le, whose expression was serious, and said, "Don't you know crabs walk sideways?"

"Huh?"

Gang Le scratched his head, "Is that so?"

"Lord, what is a crab?"

Alya cautiously approached, asking, "Is it that monster we just saw?"

At this moment, aside from Vivian, everyone else looked curiously at Rod.

Goodness, seems like none of you have seen a crab, have you?

Rod couldn't help but ask himself silently, but then quickly realized.

Of course, why would they have seen one?

There are no freshwater crabs in the Northern Territory, it's not near the sea, and in this era, there's no distant transport of seafood. Even inland nobles have only eaten salted, dried fish. How could these people have seen a crab?

Gang Le probably only saw crabs in picture books, never in reality.

As Rod thought about this, a smile gradually appeared on his face.

Gang Le saw Rod staring at him with a smile and couldn't help but lower his head, "I haven't seen a real crab, please don't laugh at me..."

"No, I'm not laughing at you."

Rod patted Gang Le's shoulder, "I was thinking, you all have a treat in store."

The crab claw just now had no hair, coupled with the stream direction; this crab must be a giant sea crab.

Sea crabs shouldn't leave the shore too far, at most three kilometers.

This means that if we follow the dark river, the estuary lies ahead.

The estuary symbolizes seafood!

Sea crabs, scallops, oysters, conchs, prawns, and delicious sea fish!

These are the inland people's favorites!

The key is, these can all become commodities if properly handled!

Even those inland nobles rarely have a chance to eat them; they would surely thrill everyone!

Now let's just hope it's not an underground channel, otherwise getting to the coast would be quite a hassle.

At this moment, nearly all of Rod's mind was occupied with how to handle seafood, while the others had no clue what he was talking about.

Rod did not elaborate further, pulling back his thoughts,

"We need to investigate this dark river, eliminate that giant crab, then we'll discuss other things."

Everyone nodded blankly, awaiting Rod's instructions.

"Alya, can your Hunting Team reach the opposite bank?"

Rod looked up at Alya,

"Use the Claw Hook." Rod added.

Alya nodded,

"We can get across."

"Good."

Rod intently looked at everyone, instructing:

"Return and prepare, bring more torches and fire arrows."

"I want you to light up torches around so the area near the dark river becomes bright, only then can we fully scout the situation here."

Rod's voice echoed in the cave,

"Especially that giant crab, is it the only one? Or are there more?"

"We need to clarify these details before proceeding further."

"Yes, Lord."

Everyone responded in unison.

"Then, how do we deal with that giant crab after our investigation, Lord?"

Gang Le hesitantly said, "If it's in the water, we seem unable to deal with it..."

"I know, so we need to tackle it within this cave."

Rod thought for a moment, then turned to Vivian, instructing,

"Go back and have Frost Leaf Town prepare some chisels and pickaxes for us, I want to dig holes on both sides of the cave that can hide people."

Rod gestured simply with his hands, "Dig deeper, enough to fit two or three people."

"But the entrance should be narrow, allowing only one person to pass through."

"Alright."

Vivian recorded each requirement.

"Forget it, let's head back to Frost Leaf Town first. To deal with this giant crab, we need to plan thoroughly."

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The crab shell is naturally very hard.

Such a gigantic crab magical beast, undoubtedly has an exceptionally hard shell.

Conventional weapons likely won't harm it; all weapons must be crafted by Rod himself.

Furthermore, for caution's sake, a personal test is necessary to ensure they are effective.

Therefore, as soon as Rod returned to Frost Leaf Town, he headed straight to the Blacksmith Shop, calling Hammer and Bain to his side,

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